Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time.
In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling drugs and performing oral sex on Minnie.
As O’Neill had hoped, Disney sued him for copyright infringement. He believed it was a legal parody. But after eight years in court, he was saddled with a judgment he could not pay. To stay out of prison, he agreed never to draw Mickey Mouse again.
“It’s still a crime for me,” said O’Neill, 81, in a phone interview from his home in Nevada City, Calif. “If I draw a picture of Mickey Mouse, I owe Walt Disney a $190,000 fine, $10,000 more for legal fees, and a year in prison.”
Mickey and Minnie will enter the public domain on Jan. 1. From then on, Disney will no longer enjoy an exclusive copyright over...
In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling drugs and performing oral sex on Minnie.
As O’Neill had hoped, Disney sued him for copyright infringement. He believed it was a legal parody. But after eight years in court, he was saddled with a judgment he could not pay. To stay out of prison, he agreed never to draw Mickey Mouse again.
“It’s still a crime for me,” said O’Neill, 81, in a phone interview from his home in Nevada City, Calif. “If I draw a picture of Mickey Mouse, I owe Walt Disney a $190,000 fine, $10,000 more for legal fees, and a year in prison.”
Mickey and Minnie will enter the public domain on Jan. 1. From then on, Disney will no longer enjoy an exclusive copyright over...
- 12/22/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
It’s not over ’til the electors say it’s over.
Democratic and Republican electors are still working on last-ditch efforts to block President-elect Donald Trump from winning the Electoral College vote on Monday.
Democratic electors filed lawsuits in Colorado, California and Washington state seeking to overturn — or avoid being fined for breaking — laws binding them to vote for the candidate who won their state’s popular vote. (In the cases of those three states, that’s former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.)
The lawsuits were filed as part of a larger effort to unite with Republican electors to vote for...
Democratic and Republican electors are still working on last-ditch efforts to block President-elect Donald Trump from winning the Electoral College vote on Monday.
Democratic electors filed lawsuits in Colorado, California and Washington state seeking to overturn — or avoid being fined for breaking — laws binding them to vote for the candidate who won their state’s popular vote. (In the cases of those three states, that’s former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.)
The lawsuits were filed as part of a larger effort to unite with Republican electors to vote for...
- 12/15/2016
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, a longtime advocate of net neutrality and frequent guest on Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report,” entered his name into the 2016 presidential campaign conversation, but with a catch. In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Lessig announced that he would be run for president if he can crowdsource $1 million to fund a campaign by Labor Day. As “referendum president,” Lessig promised to make campaign finance reform his top priority, and resign once he passed such legislation. According to Lessig’s campaign website, his only priority is passing the Citizen Equality Act of 2017, a bill to reform the.
- 8/11/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Director John Wellington Ennis, like a growing number of Americans, is alarmed at the warping of American politics by corporate wealth. Unfortunately, in his documentary Pay 2 Play he keeps getting sidetracked in his pursuit of the causes and solutions by incredibly tangential distractions. Academic Lawrence Lessig, through his exploding Mayday Pac, may be the only person in the film who’s actually positioned to address the corrupting influence of money on politics in a strategic and organized manner, but he gets only about 15 seconds of screen time. Instead, there’s a crazy 10-minute digression into the litigious history of Parker Brothers' Monopoly board game so tenuously related to the film’s purported concerns that the director has to connect t...
- 9/9/2014
- Village Voice
In January 2013, an incandescently brilliant American political activist and computer programmer named Aaron Swartz was hounded to suicide by the overzealous U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Carmen Ortiz. Anyone who argues differently has a desk drawer full of government paystubs.
Brian Knappenberger's The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz connects the dots of Swartz's past, assembling a vivid portrait of a sensitive genius with a strong moral sense. The film incorporates interviews with his friends, family, girlfriend, and a range of digital luminaries that includes activist lawyer Lawrence Lessig and author Cory Doctorow.
Have you used the social sharing service Reddit? Swartz was one of the site's founders. If you read websites via RSS, you're...
Brian Knappenberger's The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz connects the dots of Swartz's past, assembling a vivid portrait of a sensitive genius with a strong moral sense. The film incorporates interviews with his friends, family, girlfriend, and a range of digital luminaries that includes activist lawyer Lawrence Lessig and author Cory Doctorow.
Have you used the social sharing service Reddit? Swartz was one of the site's founders. If you read websites via RSS, you're...
- 6/25/2014
- Village Voice
Winners of the 18th annual Webby Awards have been announced. Among the honorees are celebrities Jay Z, Pharrell, Will Ferrell and Justin Bieber, and companies Netflix, Google, Mashable and Vice Media. They'll be feted at an awards ceremony at New York's landmark Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, May 19. Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the show be available to view On Demand on May 20. Though Internet fans selected winners of the Webby People's Voice Awards, judges across other categories included Arianna Huffington, and "House of Cards" producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti. Highlights below: Webby Lifetime Achievement Award: Lawrence Lessig, co-founder of Creative Commons. Webby Breakout of the Year: Kickstarter Webby Artist of the Year: De La Soul Webby Special Achievement: Freddie Wong, helmer of hit YouTube series "Video Game High School" Best Music App: Jay Z's "Magna Carter" Celebrity People's Voice Award: Beyonce People's Voice Award for Best Use of Interactive.
- 4/28/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Last October, Creative Commons founder and Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig sued Australian record label Liberation Music, which had previously issued a ContentID claim on one of his videos. Six months later, Lessig and Liberation have settled the issue out of court, with Liberation agreeing to pay any lost compensation to Lessig. Lessig's dispute with Liberation began when the label issued a ContentID claim on his video 'Open', which contains the song 'Lizstomania' by French electro-rockers Phoenix. Unfortunately for Liberation, Lessig included the song as an example of fair use, so when the ContentID claim arrived, he was not happy. In his mind, putting a claim on a video without informing the defendant about fair use represents a "bad faith lawsuit" that should not be allowed to stand. Lessig then countered Liberation's claim with a lawsuit of his own. As part of the settlement, Liberation has also vowed to “ensure...
- 3/1/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Internet's Own Boy was a film that sadly had to happen. From the moment programmer and hacktivist Aaron Swartz died in early 2013, the online community he fought so hard to connect and protect rallied behind him and his legacy. The passionate, bright young man – just 26 when he was found hung by his own belt – had already built Reddit, helped create RSS and and become a leader in the burgeoning online free-speech movement by leading the fight to kill the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa).
Remembering the Brilliant Life and...
Remembering the Brilliant Life and...
- 1/21/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Most creators who are sent copyright infringement notices through YouTube's ContentID 'fingerprinting' system take the path of least resistance, removing or altering the offending content and avoiding legal retribution. Not so for Lawrence Lessig. The Harvard professor and Creative Commons found recently received a Dmca takedown notice for one of his video, but rather than complying with it, he is seeking legal action against the record label that sent it, arguing that YouTube's automated takedown policy misleads creators. The ordeal began when Australian record label Liberation sent Lessig a takedown notice after its automated content matching system flagging one of his videos for using Phoenix's 'Lizstomania'. Of course, had Liberation's copyright hawks taken the time to actually check out the offending clip, they would have learned that Lessig used the song as an example of fair use, showcasing the ways music can be legally included in YouTube videos. Suffice to say,...
- 10/2/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Toronto -- Canadian Internet video sensation Corey Vidal is launching the inaugural Buffer Festival in Toronto this November to showcase popular YouTube content in front of a theatrical audience. The festival, to run over three days at the Bell Lightbox Theater in Toronto, will feature video content from YouTube stars like Vidal, Charles Trippy, Tay Zonday, Charlie McDonnell of YouTube's charlieissocoollike channel and Jack Douglas. The aim is to go beyond smartphones, tablets, computer screens and TV sets to show popular YouTube content in a film festival setting. Story: Lawrence Lessig Sues Over Takedown of YouTube Video Featuring Phoenix Song The
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- 9/4/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lawrence Lessig, the famed Harvard professor whose work in intellectual property circles has been widely influential, has filed a lawsuit against Liberation Music Pty Ltd, a publisher of Phoenix songs. According to a complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court on Thursday, Lessig posted a video on YouTube of a 49-minute lecture titled "Open" he gave at a 2010 conference of Creative Commons in South Korea. In the video, Lessig discusses the present and future of cultural and technological innovation and used a set of clips where groups of people are dancing to the hit Phoenix song "Lisztomania." After
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- 8/23/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Aja Romano
Now that "Breaking Dawn Part Two" has come and gone, the "Twilight" franchise has finally ended — at least until author Stephenie Meyer finds a way to bring it back. Meanwhile, the fandom is gearing up to join "Harry Potter" fans in its slow, err, fandom twilight.
But that’s no reason not to celebrate! Here’s a look back at some of the amazing things that "Twilight" and the "Twilight" fandom has given all of us over the last seven years — no matter how we feel about the books.
1) Regretsy
When voice actress April Winchell launched a site dedicated to showcasing weird and unfortunate crafts she found on popular handmade goods site Etsy, she thought it would mostly be for her own amusement.
But the first thing she ran across and decided to share with the public back in 2009 was a pair of "Twilight"-endowed Vans sneakers:...
Now that "Breaking Dawn Part Two" has come and gone, the "Twilight" franchise has finally ended — at least until author Stephenie Meyer finds a way to bring it back. Meanwhile, the fandom is gearing up to join "Harry Potter" fans in its slow, err, fandom twilight.
But that’s no reason not to celebrate! Here’s a look back at some of the amazing things that "Twilight" and the "Twilight" fandom has given all of us over the last seven years — no matter how we feel about the books.
1) Regretsy
When voice actress April Winchell launched a site dedicated to showcasing weird and unfortunate crafts she found on popular handmade goods site Etsy, she thought it would mostly be for her own amusement.
But the first thing she ran across and decided to share with the public back in 2009 was a pair of "Twilight"-endowed Vans sneakers:...
- 12/21/2012
- Huffington Post
Director Kelly Nyks took a road trip approach to exploring the concept of political divides via cultural elements, media and campaign strategies in “Split: A Divided America” back in 2008, and now, just in time for the 2012 presidential election, he’s back for a look at an even deeper divide within American society. Similar to “A Divided America,” “Split: A Deeper Divide” offers up a portrait of a nation that’s divided more so than ever. Nyks talks to a number of political leaders including former Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Lawrence Lessig of the Foundation of Ethics, Thomas Frank of the Wall Street Journal, and more about the overabundance of bitterness [ Read More ]...
- 9/17/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Kirby Ferguson’s epic and informative web serial, Everything is a Remix, comes to an inspiring conclusion with part four, to my mind the best of the series. In “Part Four: System Failures,” he looks at the historical roots of copyright and patent protection and examines how today’s system has drifted so far away from the original goals of furthering the public good while still protecting creators. I can’t recommend Ferguson’s series more highly, and if you find yourself in an argument with someone about legislations like Sopa, PiPA and Acta, point them towards these videos for a succinctly argued treatise on intellectual property in the age of the internet.
On the basis of the episodes he had done so far, I selected Ferguson for Filmmaker‘s 2011 “25 New Faces” list. Here’s how I began his profile:
It’s hard to create something original about the remix.
On the basis of the episodes he had done so far, I selected Ferguson for Filmmaker‘s 2011 “25 New Faces” list. Here’s how I began his profile:
It’s hard to create something original about the remix.
- 2/17/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Des Moines, Ia -- Every Presidential election year since 1824 has produced a biography of a candidate who has set his or her sights on the White House. The 2011 election is no different. But a combination of fewer print journalists on the trail, a heavy reliance up to the minute information provided via social media, particularly Twitter, and an overall sense of disillusionment with government and politicians could perhaps signal an end to this tradition.
"The books I am selling the most of these days have to do more with government corruption and budgetary restraint," said John Heitzman on Tuesday.
Heitzman, who spoke by phone from his business, is the owner of The Book Store, a small independent book store just yards from most of the hotels that candidates, campaign staff and media members call home when they make the quadrennial pilgrimage to the state in the lead up to the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
"The books I am selling the most of these days have to do more with government corruption and budgetary restraint," said John Heitzman on Tuesday.
Heitzman, who spoke by phone from his business, is the owner of The Book Store, a small independent book store just yards from most of the hotels that candidates, campaign staff and media members call home when they make the quadrennial pilgrimage to the state in the lead up to the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
- 1/4/2012
- by Michael J. Hunt
- Aol TV.
“The money’s still in TV” says Kai Hsing from the internet entertainment brand College Humor. Hungry Beast’s Dan Ilic embedded himself with three American online entertainment companies to discover the digital realm sure are giving old media a run for its depleted money.
For those who have invested in creating inane video blogs, the news is good – people are starting to take you seriously. 2011 is the year the web video entertainment industry has hit its straps, both Netflix and YouTube announced one hundred million dollars of investment into original online content. Australia’s number one video blogger – Natalie Tran – has replaced Sbs as the national multicultural broadcaster and is edging close to a million subscribers. And although The “Beached As” crew, moved their whale to the wading pool of TV in 2008, they’re now heading back to the ocean of the Internet to foster new creations. All the...
For those who have invested in creating inane video blogs, the news is good – people are starting to take you seriously. 2011 is the year the web video entertainment industry has hit its straps, both Netflix and YouTube announced one hundred million dollars of investment into original online content. Australia’s number one video blogger – Natalie Tran – has replaced Sbs as the national multicultural broadcaster and is edging close to a million subscribers. And although The “Beached As” crew, moved their whale to the wading pool of TV in 2008, they’re now heading back to the ocean of the Internet to foster new creations. All the...
- 7/6/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
David Fincher's film may focus on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but it also makes an important point about the power of the open net
"The primary goal of any film-maker," writes Michael Hauge in his classic book Writing Screenplays That Sell, "is to elicit emotion in the audience." In contrast, the primary goal of the screenwriter is "to elicit emotion in the person reading the screenplay". Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, a film about the origins of Facebook, clearly scored on both counts. For not only was funding forthcoming for a lavish, beautifully crafted movie directed by David Fincher, but it has also been a big hit with audiences.
The critics have likewise taken it seriously. The Social Network, wrote our own Philip French, "takes familiar ideas about trust, friendship, endeavour, ambition, betrayal and greed into fascinating new areas of experience. It's as riveting,...
"The primary goal of any film-maker," writes Michael Hauge in his classic book Writing Screenplays That Sell, "is to elicit emotion in the audience." In contrast, the primary goal of the screenwriter is "to elicit emotion in the person reading the screenplay". Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, a film about the origins of Facebook, clearly scored on both counts. For not only was funding forthcoming for a lavish, beautifully crafted movie directed by David Fincher, but it has also been a big hit with audiences.
The critics have likewise taken it seriously. The Social Network, wrote our own Philip French, "takes familiar ideas about trust, friendship, endeavour, ambition, betrayal and greed into fascinating new areas of experience. It's as riveting,...
- 11/15/2010
- by John Naughton
- The Guardian - Film News
Facebook is a 'beloved interface with reality' for its users and the previous generation doesn't get that, Zadie Smith has written
In the early 90s, before Google (founded 1998) and Facebook (2004), the Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland popularised a term that described the post-baby boom generation: Generation X. But kids today aren't slackers, they're geeks, and it's clear that new terminology is needed for a new generation.
So it is that Zadie Smith, writing in the New York Review of Books, describes "2.0 people". These are the children of the internet who came of age with the social web and to whom concepts such as "privacy" are just plain alien. But credit where credit's due.
"You can't help feel a little swell of pride in this 2.0 generation," writes the novelist. "They've spent a decade being berated for not making the right sorts of paintings or novels or music or politics. Turns out the...
In the early 90s, before Google (founded 1998) and Facebook (2004), the Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland popularised a term that described the post-baby boom generation: Generation X. But kids today aren't slackers, they're geeks, and it's clear that new terminology is needed for a new generation.
So it is that Zadie Smith, writing in the New York Review of Books, describes "2.0 people". These are the children of the internet who came of age with the social web and to whom concepts such as "privacy" are just plain alien. But credit where credit's due.
"You can't help feel a little swell of pride in this 2.0 generation," writes the novelist. "They've spent a decade being berated for not making the right sorts of paintings or novels or music or politics. Turns out the...
- 11/8/2010
- by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
The Playlist: Kevin Jagernauth reports that the organizers of the Academy Awards are exploring the possibility of moving up the 2012 ceremony to January as part of “a continuing effort to boost flagging viewership.” It would, however, face “considerable competition from the last weeks of the NFL season” and “the window to get out screeners” would become very condensed (which has prompted discussion about a secure Web site through which members could instantly access films online).
CNN: Larry King announces that he will devote the full hour of tonight’s “Larry King Live” to the new film “Conviction,” another huge coup for the folks at Fox Searchlight. Guests will include the film’s director Tony Goldwyn; stars Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, and Minnie Driver; and real-life inspirations Betty Anne Waters, Abra Rice, and Barry Scheck. Also appearing will be 12 individuals from across the country who were convicted of crimes they did not commit,...
CNN: Larry King announces that he will devote the full hour of tonight’s “Larry King Live” to the new film “Conviction,” another huge coup for the folks at Fox Searchlight. Guests will include the film’s director Tony Goldwyn; stars Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, and Minnie Driver; and real-life inspirations Betty Anne Waters, Abra Rice, and Barry Scheck. Also appearing will be 12 individuals from across the country who were convicted of crimes they did not commit,...
- 10/6/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Video game industry analyst Michael Pachter has recently been quoted by VG247 as saying that he agrees with Ubisoft’s strict DRM implementation on its PC games. The DRM is notable for requiring all players to have a persistent internet connection, even to play single player campaigns.
“I’m an old guy.” … “I’m ethical and I’m a lawyer by trade. I feel if you steal a copy of a game by copying a friend’s file then it’s like going into the shop and stealing a copy. That’s how I feel about it …When a company sells you a game they have no problem if you resell it and someone else buys it and they have no problem if you give it away. If you make copies, though, it’s against the law. The guys that ran bittorrent are in jail: it is illegal.”
This is the exact same old,...
“I’m an old guy.” … “I’m ethical and I’m a lawyer by trade. I feel if you steal a copy of a game by copying a friend’s file then it’s like going into the shop and stealing a copy. That’s how I feel about it …When a company sells you a game they have no problem if you resell it and someone else buys it and they have no problem if you give it away. If you make copies, though, it’s against the law. The guys that ran bittorrent are in jail: it is illegal.”
This is the exact same old,...
- 5/31/2010
- by Jeremy Swinarton
- GameRant
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Canadian film distributors Kinosmith are offering the following DVD titles of note from their extensive film collection :
"The Art Star And The Sudanese Twins" follows Vanessa Beecroft’s intentions to adopt orphaned twins, and how it affects her art and personal life.
"...Pop star of the art world, Vanessa Beecroft is determined to adopt orphaned twins, an intention that bleeds into her art and reveals her volatile relationship with her husband. Alongside the adoption process Vanessa photographs herself breast feeding the twins, creating her own artwork. Like Angelina and Madonna, Vanessa is a white westerner intent on rescuing third world babies. But at what cost to her personal life?..."
In "Ghosts", a 17 year-old girl left on her own, creates an intriguing journey to meet a new companion and reunite with her mother.
"...Nina (Julia Hummer) is a vulnerable 17-year old, alone in the world except...
Canadian film distributors Kinosmith are offering the following DVD titles of note from their extensive film collection :
"The Art Star And The Sudanese Twins" follows Vanessa Beecroft’s intentions to adopt orphaned twins, and how it affects her art and personal life.
"...Pop star of the art world, Vanessa Beecroft is determined to adopt orphaned twins, an intention that bleeds into her art and reveals her volatile relationship with her husband. Alongside the adoption process Vanessa photographs herself breast feeding the twins, creating her own artwork. Like Angelina and Madonna, Vanessa is a white westerner intent on rescuing third world babies. But at what cost to her personal life?..."
In "Ghosts", a 17 year-old girl left on her own, creates an intriguing journey to meet a new companion and reunite with her mother.
"...Nina (Julia Hummer) is a vulnerable 17-year old, alone in the world except...
- 12/7/2009
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Canadian-based film distributors Kinosmith, in association with DVD partner Project X Distribution have announced new DVD titles to their extensive film collection. The Art Star And The Sudanese Twins follows Vanessa Beecroft.s intentions to adopt orphaned twins, and how it affects her art and personal life. "...Pop star of the art world, Vanessa Beecroft is determined to adopt orphaned twins, an intention that bleeds into her art and reveals her volatile relationship with her husband. Alongside the adoption process Vanessa photographs herself breast feeding the twins, creating her own artwork. Like Angelina and Madonna, Vanessa is a white westerner intent on rescuing third world babies. But at what cost to her personal life?..." In Ghosts, a 17 year-old girl left on her own, creates an intriguing journey to meet a new companion and reunite with her mother. "...Nina (Julia Hummer) is a vulnerable 17-year old, alone in the world except...
- 11/20/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
The content and technology businesses are at war, as is well-known and as I discuss in a recent article. It’s a struggle that focuses on unauthorized file sharing and new business models—in other words, a copyright war. Undeniably, the entertainment industry often battles demand rather than trying to satisfy it, and copyright laws have taken a corporate turn. Who better to write about this conflict, one would think—and point the way to solutions, one would hope—than an author with 27 years experience in copyright law as a professor, practitioner and government attorney?
That author is William Patry, who is now Google’s senior copyright counsel (though he emphasizes that he’s writing to express his own views, not Google’s). He says he’s in favor of “effective” copyright statutes, and I opened his book hoping to learn what those might look like, since the divergence of...
That author is William Patry, who is now Google’s senior copyright counsel (though he emphasizes that he’s writing to express his own views, not Google’s). He says he’s in favor of “effective” copyright statutes, and I opened his book hoping to learn what those might look like, since the divergence of...
- 10/24/2009
- by jhandel@att.net (Jonathan Handel)
This blogger at SXSW - photo by John Biehler on Flickr
This erstwhile reporter is a big fan (+ 2X attendee & 1X presenter) of SXSW, the (almost legendary) music/film/interactive festival in Austin, Texas (though the locals will tell you “Austin ain’t Texas”).
I noticed the deadline is approaching for the film submission so i’ve compiled a few resources to help you figure out if this is the best place for your film - I’ve attended a few fests (including Sundance from 1991-3) but nothing is quite like SXSW if you are a fan of all sorts of arts, people and parties. You are guaranteed to get your mind blown one way or another ;-).
Get the SXSW Lowdown
First up, get to know SXSW’s Youtube channel with presentations, panels, concerts and miscellania (like Johnny Cash’s keynote song/speech from 1994) Also there are a playlist...
This erstwhile reporter is a big fan (+ 2X attendee & 1X presenter) of SXSW, the (almost legendary) music/film/interactive festival in Austin, Texas (though the locals will tell you “Austin ain’t Texas”).
I noticed the deadline is approaching for the film submission so i’ve compiled a few resources to help you figure out if this is the best place for your film - I’ve attended a few fests (including Sundance from 1991-3) but nothing is quite like SXSW if you are a fan of all sorts of arts, people and parties. You are guaranteed to get your mind blown one way or another ;-).
Get the SXSW Lowdown
First up, get to know SXSW’s Youtube channel with presentations, panels, concerts and miscellania (like Johnny Cash’s keynote song/speech from 1994) Also there are a playlist...
- 10/15/2009
- by Dave
- MovieSet.com
Via Cynopsis Digital: Google is now enabling authors and publishers who sign off under various Creative Commons licenses to distribute their works for free using the Google Books platform. The highest profile comic-book that would be immediately eligible for inclusion would be Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now comic miniseries from Idw Publishing.
The Creative Commons organization has been busy this year launching programs like the Attribution-ShareAlike agreement with Wikipedia that enables interoperability between Wikipedia licenses. This new alliance allows independent writers, artists and publishers, both existing Google Partners and non-partners, to distribute, commercialize and protect the reuse of their works. It's a flexible license built for the digital age, with settings that authorize creative remixes and mash-ups that give credit where credit is due.
Books that have been made available under a Cc license have been marked with a matching logo on the book's left hand navigation bar,...
The Creative Commons organization has been busy this year launching programs like the Attribution-ShareAlike agreement with Wikipedia that enables interoperability between Wikipedia licenses. This new alliance allows independent writers, artists and publishers, both existing Google Partners and non-partners, to distribute, commercialize and protect the reuse of their works. It's a flexible license built for the digital age, with settings that authorize creative remixes and mash-ups that give credit where credit is due.
Books that have been made available under a Cc license have been marked with a matching logo on the book's left hand navigation bar,...
- 8/17/2009
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Last week, we met the nine male geeks and nine female beauties of season 5 of Beauty and the Geek who will begin their quest to become more than just beauties or more than just geeks, and perhaps winning $250,000 while they're at it. This season, instead of competing in beauty/geek pairs, it will be a battle of beauty versus geek. Which beauties and which geeks have the potential to make the biggest transformation? Who has what it takes to make it all the way? Well, it's too early to say. All we really know about them is what we've gathered from their pictures, their professions and their chosen monikers, but that's enough for me to make a preliminary analysis.
Below, I present to you my Beauty and the Geek Preseason Power Rankings of the geeks.
9. Tommy, sweater vest enthusiast
There is nothing I hate more than a fake geek pretending...
Below, I present to you my Beauty and the Geek Preseason Power Rankings of the geeks.
9. Tommy, sweater vest enthusiast
There is nothing I hate more than a fake geek pretending...
- 3/4/2008
- by BuddyTV
- buddytv.com
BEIJING -- Chinese lawyers unveiled an alternative to traditional copyright licenses Wednesday, paving the way for grass-roots intellectual property protection in a country fighting piracy of everything from movies to medicines. China is the 29th country to adopt a localized version of the Creative Commons license, a document that encourages a flexible "some rights reserved" form of protection over the "all rights reserved" route that long has mired authors, artists, educators and courts in legal battles over what constitutes fair use of a copyrighted work. Upheld in a Dutch court two weeks ago for the first time, the alternative license was first written in 2002 by lawyers at Creative Commons, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded by Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig with $1 million from the Hewlett Foundation.
- 3/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BEIJING -- Chinese lawyers unveiled an alternative to traditional copyright licenses Wednesday, paving the way for grass-roots intellectual property protection in a country fighting piracy of everything from movies to medicines. China is the 29th country to adopt a localized version of the Creative Commons license, a document that encourages a flexible "some rights reserved" form of protection over the "all rights reserved" route that long has mired authors, artists, educators and courts in legal battles over what constitutes fair use of a copyrighted work. Upheld in a Dutch court two weeks ago for the first time, the alternative license was first written in 2002 by lawyers at Creative Commons, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded by Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig with $1 million from the Hewlett Foundation.
- 3/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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